Good news for Eskom’s Koeberg nuclear power station

Power utility Eskom says that the life extension at the Koeber Nuclear Power Plant is on track and that unit 2 should be back online in September 2024 as scheduled.

However, after suffering several delays, the project’s completion date was pushed back to November 1 2023. Unit 1 was synchronised to the grid in November 2023 and has since been online for 166 days.Ntuli said the long-term operation process documentation for the plant has also been submitted and is being reviewed by the National Nuclear Regulator.

According to the power utility, the return of Koeberg unit 2 will add 980MW back to the grid, and along with the return of Medupi unit 4 and the synchronisation of Kusile Unit 6 are key to boosting the grid by almost 3000MW.

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